Mia Riddle, not to be confused with Steve Riddle, will tumble for ya on “Tumble and Drag.” She is another singer/songwriter with an above average voice and a full band backing here. Her voice isn’t as unique as Carol van Dyk’s (Bettie Serveert), but it goes in that direction, hopefully without the chain smoking.
“Hurricane” starts the album off and would be great live if it were just her and a guitar. She could do that thing where people slap the guitar to provide their own drumming during the parts where there is drumming and no guitaring.
“Echo” has a real good tempo and has a wonderful complement of musicianship with it. “Texas” has clapping and backing vocals harmonizing, making me think of “Road to Nowhere” by Talking Heads, only with a woman up front.
“Both Ways” is the last track and, similar to “Road Movie to Berlin” by They Might Be Giants, is slow, plodding and piano-based. Stick with the faster stuff on this one.
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